Monday, 8 June 2026
26 May 2026 on the Old calendar
Liturgical colour: dark (strict fast)
Saints of the day
- Great Martyr George the New at Sofia, Bulgaria († 1515)
- Apostles of the Seventy Carpus and Alphæus (1st C)
- Holy Martyrs Abercius and Helen (1st C)
- St. John Psichaita the Confessor, of Constantinople (9th C)
- Finding of the relics (1521) of the Venerable Macarius the Abbot of Kalyazin
Fasting
Strict fastPlant food without oil.
Fasting is personal; ask your priest.